In the wee hours of the morning.

The ghost city has been open for a night, and now the east has just revealed a new white, and the traces of the ghost town above the imperial city have gradually faded to nothing, leaving only a shallow outline, if you wait until the sunrise Fusang, this ghost city will eventually be hidden in the sun, and a clear sky above the imperial city will be returned.

The early risers had already lined up around the imperial city, dusting, boiling water, and preparing meals, as if they were blind to the ghost town above their heads, which was still slightly outlined.

Liu Dan sat all night in the prince's east palace, and the palace maid had already changed six pots of tea for him.

The sun finally rose, the ghost city finally hidden, and at this time, there were some noisy sounds in the imperial city, and a palace maid walked in cautiously with hot water, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, it's time for the early dynasty." ”

Liu Dan turned his head and glanced at the palace maid, his face was not good-looking, "Let's put the water first, you tell the outside that His Royal Highness is in poor health today." ”

The palace maid hesitated slightly, but still nodded and gently put the basin of hot water in the proper place, and left slowly after saluting respectfully.

Liu Dan poured himself a cup of tea.

At this time, there was another knock on the door, and Liu Dan poured another cup of tea, "Please." ”

Jiang Xian pushed open the door and walked in, and after getting Liu Dan's signal, he sat next to Liu Dan, picked up the cup of tea handed over by Liu Dan, blew it gently, didn't drink it, just held it in his hand.

"Houliang, what do you think?" Liu Dan's fingers tapped lightly on the teacup.

"Later Liang was originally the Liang country, hundreds of years ago the capital was destroyed and the capital was moved to Minmen, it was called the Later Liang, from the move of the capital to more than ten years ago, the Later Liang has always been a weak country in the Southern Dynasties. ”

"That's right," Liu Dan said: "More than ten years ago, a person who called himself a ghost book came to Houliang Minmen, and after proposing a four-point reform law for Houliang Guojun, Houliang was like a dark horse, jumping from the realm of the lower three kingdoms to the top five countries in terms of national strength. ”

Liu Dan's face was a little meaningless, "Do you remember the four-point reform method?"

"Naturally, this revolution has spread widely in the Southern Dynasties, and if the contemptible people who have read the book for so long do not know the method of this change, they will not have the face to sit in front of His Highness. Jiang Xian groaned slightly, "Waste well fields, emphasize commerce and trade, award military merits, and great unification." ”

"Abolishing the well fields means abolishing the outdated well field system and allowing land to be bought and sold freely; emphasizing commerce and commerce, vigorously developing commerce; rewarding military merits, awarding knighthoods according to military merits and literary tao, and abolishing the hereditary privileges of the nobility; and great unification, unifying roads, measurements, and institutions throughout the country. Jiang Xian's face was slightly reverent, "These four reforms complement each other, not only the sudden rise of the Houliang army, but also the worry-free future within a hundred years!"

Liu Dan smiled, "What is the details, sir?"

"Naturally," Jiang Xian held this cup of tea and pondered for a long time, "Later Liang moved the capital from the original capital of Shanghe to Minmen, and its terrain was already different from that of Liang, with many ravines, and was no longer suitable for farming. It's just that when the capital was moved, there was a lot of loss of people in the country, so the fields reclaimed at that time could make all the people in Houliang not hungry and cold, especially surplus. It's just that after hundreds of years of development, the population has increased ten times more than when the capital was first moved, so the fields are in dire straits, and the annual grain needs to be imported from Chen State to millions of stones to barely have enough food and clothing, which is also the reason for the weakness of the original Later Liang state. ”

"If the people of Houliang are still living on half an acre of barren land at home, then Houliang will always be far away from this weak appearance, and when the next gunpowder war arises, it will also be destroyed. Therefore, the first article is the system of abandoned well fields, which allows land to be bought and sold freely. Taking advantage of the long-standing belief that land is wealth and can be passed down for thousands of years, this system has not been implemented for a long time, and the rich landlords and officials have used various means to buy all the fields from the hands of the poor people, which is called the fields gathered in the hands of a few people. And how should the people who sold their land live? So there was the second rule, which was to emphasize commerce and trade. ”

"Trade is less taxable, and the children and grandchildren of those who can develop opportunities for Houliang can be exempted from forced labor within six generations, which makes the people see hope, and after reselling the land, they will also have the capital of doing business, and all of a sudden, all kinds of chambers of commerce in the Houliang border are like bamboo shoots in spring, and the country is thriving!"

The above is outside the imperial court, and within the imperial court, rewarding military merits, rewarding well-governed civilian officials, abolishing the hereditary system, and quickly washing away the silt of officials for hundreds of years by vigorous and resolute means, and a large number of people with lofty ideals have risen, replacing those rotten old men in the original Houliang officialdom system. Don't think about it, if you can walk into the Jinluan Hall of the Later Liang Kingdom one day, you will find that all the people above the Later Liang Imperial Court are young!"

"And the last item, the great unification. Unified roads, ruts, measurements, 'if you want to get rich, you must first build roads', which is to lay a convenient foundation for the development of commerce and trade, and the unification of colleges and universities is to firmly grasp all kinds of domestic talents in their own hands. Inside the temple, all kinds of graceful features are blooming one after another, and outside the temple, all kinds of potential are vigorously reborn, how can the Later Liang Kingdom jump to the top five among the twelve kingdoms of the Southern Dynasties in one fell swoop within ten years?"

After listening to Jiang Xian's words, Liu Dan sighed, "Sure enough, he is a capable person, and he is really a national soldier, this plan is unparalleled in the world!"

"It can also be regarded as unparalleled in the world," Jiang Xian also sighed: "It should be called made because of the material, it is wonderful!"

Liu Dan nodded, and picked up the teacup that had already been cold, "I wonder if Mr. can find a method suitable for my Korea among the four changes in this ghost book, or can a few changes be applied to my Korea?"

Jiang Xian smiled bitterly, clenched his fists and said: "The contemptible people just said that the four-point change may not be unparalleled in the world, but it must be the most suitable method of change for Houliang!

"Oh?" Liu Dan raised his eyebrows slightly, "Your Highness listens." ”

Jiang first took a sip of tea and moistened his throat and replied: "Our South Korea is not the same as before, our country is originally a country with strong national strength, and the abolition of the well field system and the emphasis on commerce and trade have not achieved the role of promoting the development of agriculture and commerce, but will cause unknowable negative effects." For example, the gentry and the township tyrants forcibly bought the land of the poor peasants to use it as their own inheritance, and the people who had no land could only do business? However, now that China's commerce and trade have reached its peak, forcibly doing business will only end up with a loss of capital! How can the people who were originally not worried about food and clothing live?

And the third point is to reward military merit, which is even more difficult to implement. After the northern Liang Dynasty broke through the national capital and moved the capital to Minmen, the various powerful branches in the original Liang State were either killed by the enemy country, or took refuge in the enemy country, or only seven seven or eight were left in the war. Even if it developed to a few decades ago, in fact, there were not many princes and marquis in the hereditary system of the Later Liang, and because the Later Liang had been weak and the national strength was lost, these princes and marquis had no chance to develop their power. All in all, the rights of Houliang in China have always been grasped

In the hands of the Later Liang monarch, this is not only the reason why the abolition of the hereditary system has been so smooth, but also the reason why this change can be implemented immediately!"

After that, Jiang Xian smiled bitterly again, "But what if the hereditary system is abolished in our country with a long history?"

Liu Dan's face was extremely ugly, "If the hereditary system is abolished in our South Korea, hundreds of large and small forces in South Korea will raise their banners and rebel, and our imperial court will not be able to control these forces at all!"

Jiang Xian nodded, "This is the reason why it is not convenient for me to change the law in South Korea." Even if there is a capable person who has figured out a suitable method for me to change the law in Korea, he will not dare to deliver this method of change to the imperial court!"

Liu Dan's face became more and more ugly, "Just like the Qin State Shang Ying Transformation Law in the northern border of Jingzhou thousands of years ago!"

Jiang Xian didn't say anything, picked up the tea and took a sip.

A thousand years ago, the northern border of Jingzhou was also like today's Southern Dynasty, with many countries. And among these countries, there was a Qin State that sprung up and almost became the Great Sui today! And the Qin State was able to stand out among these countries and lay the foundation for future destruction and sweep away all directions, and it was Shang Ying who offered the law of change to the King of Qin at that time!

But after the death of the king of Qin and the succession of the new king, Shang Ying was shot to death by hundreds of people in front of the coffin of the previous king!

It is precisely because its changes have touched the interests of these various forces that are deeply rooted in the territory of Qin!

Bloody.

Liu Dan sighed.

Jiang Xian was silent.

Sure enough, in this world, if any long and long history does not become history, it will become a puddle of silted quagmire, and it will also become history.

Heaven says, 10,000 years.

Liu Mao pursed his lips and smiled slightly, and several palace maids who were cleaning up in the room blushed when they saw this smile.

He picked up a brush and wrote a few big characters in front of the desk, "A hundred birds and a phoenix"

At this time, a woman in green tights slowly walked in front of Liu Mao and whispered something in Liu Mao's ear. Liu Mao smiled again, "My brother didn't go to the early dynasty today? Alas, it's really unacceptable to be a party now." What if you become a monarch and are still so lazy?"

The woman didn't reply.

Liu Mao said again: "Did those two also follow into the ghost town?"

The woman nodded.

Liu Mao's face turned cold, "I thought that the miscellaneous person who didn't have the slightest force should not enter the ghost city, but I thought that he would also go in." Maybe he knew that I was going to kill him, so he escaped by escaping into a ghost town. Hmph, I see how you, a bastard with no armed force, can survive from that ghost town! If you are really lucky enough to survive, when the time comes, you two brothers will be called into the Yellow Spring together, and it can be regarded as companionship!"

The woman stood quietly behind Liu Mao, suddenly raised her eyebrows, turned her head to look outside the room, and said, "Your Highness, Huang Yu is here." ”

Liu Mao nodded, and the woman walked down with great eyes.

Then there was a knock on the door, and the knocking sound was very soft, and it fell extremely heavily in Liu Mao's ears.

Liu Mao's eyes lit up slightly, and he said to a few palace maids in the room: "You don't need to clean up here, you go out first." ”

Several palace maids stopped what they were doing, and after saluting Liu Mao respectfully, they said, "No, His Royal Highness the Second Prince." ”

Liu Mao's face was slightly gloomy.

The door was pushed open and closed, and then opened and closed, and a middle-aged man came.

This middle-aged man has shrewd eyes, a mustache, and a graceful brocade, which is Huang Yu.

Huang Yu walked lightly in front of Liu Mao and saluted, "I've seen Your Highness." ”

Liu Mao turned his head at this time, put down the brush in his hand, and got up to help this Huang Yu, "Third uncle, what are you doing? It's not outside, why do you want to make this big gift?" At the end, Liu Mao complained again: "I told you that it would be good to come in directly after knocking on the door, but the sound of your knock on the door was so soft, I was all focused on this matter when I was practicing calligraphy, but I couldn't hear it." I think you should come in with my consent in the future, so that you don't have to be polite every time you see me, which is my fault. ”

Huang Yu just smiled slightly, "No, etiquette must be observed, if outsiders know, wouldn't it cause criticism?"

"It's not a bad thing to be careful outside, but now it's just you and me, what kind of etiquette are you talking about?" Liu Mao replied.

Huang Yu smiled again and didn't say anything more.

Liu Mao returned to the desk and sat down, took a gesture of please, and Huang Yu also sat opposite Liu Mao.

"I don't know why His Highness summoned contemptible people on this trip?" Huang Yu asked.

"Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just that I haven't seen the third uncle for so long, and I just want to talk to the third uncle. Liu Mao's eyes showed a hint of darkness, and he asked with interest: "Now the third uncle is also a big flag in South Korea, but I don't know what kind of wind this big flag needs to be raised?"

Huang Yu was shocked in his heart, but his face was not abnormal, "Where can I be considered a big banner? The capable person above my head is no less than Bayern, I'm just a pawn, His Royal Highness praised it." ”

"Where can I misunderstand the third uncle?" Liu Mao said: "Everyone in the world can misunderstand the third uncle, but I won't, I have been with the third uncle for so long, how can I misunderstand the talent of the third uncle? ”

Speaking of this, Liu Mao didn't speak again, just poured a cup of tea and handed it to Huang Yu.

Huang Yu took it slowly, he couldn't figure out what Liu Mao meant by this. Maybe he could hear one-one-two-two, but he was still a little flustered in his heart.

This is a big deal, how dare he?

Seeing that Huang Yu didn't reply, Liu Mao smiled, "Third Uncle doesn't have to be nervous, it's just a matter of saying a few random words, look at you, cold sweat is breaking out on the top of your head!"

Huang Yu smiled, stretched out his sleeve and wiped the sweat on the top of his head.

"By the way, I don't know what the third uncle thinks of my imperial brother?" Liu Mao asked casually.

Huang Yu had another chuckle in his heart, he glanced at Liu Mao's face with the corner of his eye, and then replied in a decent manner: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is extremely calm, rigorous in his work, and has great talent in his heart. Everyone in the court was convinced by His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

Liu Mao squinted slightly and glanced at Huang Yu, "Oh, does the third uncle think the same way?"

Huang Yu opened his mouth, and finally replied: "The world regards His Royal Highness the Crown Prince like this, and even if you have other thoughts in your heart, it will be useless. ”

Liu Mao turned around and looked at Huang Yu with a straight face, "Then what does the third uncle think of my imperial brother?"

Huang Yu shook his head, then nodded slightly.

Liu Mao knew this, so he turned around and sighed, "It's just that my imperial brother, who has Wen Taowu in the eyes of the world, is going to do something wrong!"

"Oh, dare I ask Your Highness what is the matter?"

Liu Mao suddenly turned his face to look at Huang Yu and quipped, "Third Uncle wants to know?"

Huang Yu didn't dare to answer.

Liu Mao said with an extremely relaxed expression: "I have such a good relationship with the third uncle, even if it is said that the third uncle listens to it, it doesn't matter." ”

As he spoke, Liu Mao picked up a piece of paper from the desk and handed it to Huang Yu.

Huang Yu took it carefully, and just glanced at it, and he was covered in cold sweat. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva fiercely, his voice trembling a little, "Dare to ask Your Highness, this matter... ”

"This matter is naturally true!" Liu Mao took the piece of paper from Huang Yu's hand and played with it casually, "Is it possible that I can still lie to you?"

"But that's the case ... ”

Liu Mao waved his hand, "This matter is true, as for where I got the news from, you don't need to ask, but I guess that the third uncle should be the kind of person who is finally the king, right?"

Huang Yu hurriedly lowered his head, "Contemptible people are naturally loyal to the emperor, and they don't dare to have the slightest dissent!"

"Okay!" Liu Mao clapped his hands, "Since the third uncle said so, then I, Dahan, will definitely not treat everyone who is loyal to my Dahan!"

What Huang Yu said was loyal to the emperor, but Liu Mao's mouth was Han! When you hear it, you may feel that there is nothing wrong, but if you think about it carefully, you can know the depth!

Or maybe there are thousands of them!

Liu Mao suddenly said: "Third Uncle Fang said that there are hundreds of capable people who are pressing on top of your head, I don't know if the third uncle is willing to press on the heads of these people?"

Tang Qiuya got up very early, maybe she didn't sleep long this night, when the ghost city rose above the head of the imperial city, she had been staying in the courtyard and looking at the ghost town, and now, she was still staying in the ghost town.

The early morning wind was slightly cool, but Tang Qiuya was just wearing a light gauze. Then a maid came over with a coat, "Your Royal Highness, it's cold outside, let's put on a coat, so as not to suffer from the cold." ”

This maid is not like the palace maid in the palace, but she is the personal maid who followed Tang Qiuya's caravan here.

Tang Qiuya smiled and took the coat from the maid's hand and said, "It's cold outside, you go to the house to avoid it." ”

The relationship between the two should be good, this maid didn't say the kind of "Your Highness is outside, how dare the slave and maid go back to the house alone?", just said that His Highness remembered to return to the room earlier and then returned to the room.

Tang Qiuya stood in the courtyard wrapped in a coat and quietly looked at the slightly white color of the east, and after a while, she saw a black shadow coming quickly from the south and stopped beside Tang Qiuya.

Tang Qiuya retracted her gaze at this time, she turned her head to look at the black-clothed man wrapped in a black robe, and asked with a smile, "What's the matter?" You've been late for a long time, you should have been earlier. ”

The man in black's voice was extremely hoarse, like the sound of iron rubbing against stone, and he said, "It's been delayed because of something." "

He didn't explain much.

Tang Qiuya didn't ask any more, she pouted slightly, "No, that's a ghost town, I think you can definitely see it." ”

The man in black glanced up at the sky above the palace and mumbled, "That's true." "

Tang Qiuya said again: "Do you have any news there?"

The man in black smiled, and suddenly his smile was suddenly retracted, and his voice was extremely low, "There is news, big news!"

Saying that, the man in black leaned over and smiled in Tang Qiuya's ear, but only said, "What about my things?"

"We've made so many deals, can't it be that you still don't believe me, a little woman, how can the little girl ever owe you a lot of money?"

The man in black took three steps back, his robes swaying in the wind.

A trace of coldness flashed in Tang Qiuya's eyes, and then smiled: "I really can't afford to joke." ”

"Jokes are peculiar to you people, like us, it's past this point. ”

Tang Qiuya took out a dark blue orb from her bag and handed it to the man in black, and then said, "It's for you now, but what about my news?"

The man in black smiled, his figure swayed, and he disappeared.

Tang Qiuya's face was cold, and her lips were clenched. She sneered again, and was about to put her hand into the cloth bag around her waist when the figure of the man in black appeared behind her.

"Just kidding. ”

The man in black handed over a piece of paper.

Tang Qiuya snorted coldly and took it, and after taking a look, her eyes flashed, her hand had been clenched into a fist, and a few cyan meridians were slightly exposed on the fist.

"Sure enough, it's big news!" Tang Qiuya stubbornly suppressed the excitement in her words, "Okay, you can go in!"

The man in black did not immediately enter the ghost town, but paced in place for a long time, and suddenly said, "You should remember what you promised me." ”

"Naturally!"

"That's good. ”

The man in black smiled, and suddenly appeared in front of Tang Qiuya, "Woman, can you tell me why you have put so much effort into what you want? I can see that you have monstrous ambitions." ”

Tang Qiuya's face turned cold, "This shouldn't be something you should worry about!"

"I shouldn't worry about it," the man in black smiled again, "I'll ask if it's okay for my city lord?"

Tang Qiuya opened her mouth, but only showed a charming smile, and turned her head to focus on the pillar in front of the Korean Jinluan Palace.

The man in black smiled, "Happy cooperation!"

As soon as the words fell, the man in black turned into a black shadow and was drowned in the air.

At this time, there was a bell ringing in my ears, which was the bell of the early Korean dynasty.

Tang Qiuya smiled, and she muttered: "Why do you have to hold on? When it's time to die, you should die, what's the use of holding on? The family savings that have been spent in vain, and they have to suffer from injuries and illnesses, and they are even more annoyed by their children. It is better to die cleanly, so that future generations can have some surplus. ”

A gust of wind blew, lifting Tang Qiuya's coat, facing the morning light, bright and unusual.

At this time, the sun rises in the east.